SEASON OPENER -- UCLA opens the 2005 season on Sept.
3 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego against the Aztecs of
San Diego State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m PDT.The
contest will be televised nationally by ESPN2.

XTRA Sports 570 and the Bruin Radio Network broadcasts all
of the Bruin games with Chris Roberts and Matt Stevens in
the booth. Wayne Cook will work the sidelines.

This begins UCLA's 87th season of football. The Bruins are 55-
26-5 overall in openers. Oklahoma State bested the Bruins,
31-20,in the Rose Bowl in last season's opener.

THEN AND NOW --The Bruins finished the 2004 season with
a 6-6 mark after dropping a 24-21 decision to Wyoming in the
Pioneer Pure Vision Las Vegas Bowl. It was the seventh time
in the last eight seasons that the Bruins concluded the regu-
lar season qualified to play in a bowl. The Bruins went 4-4 in
the Pac-10 to tie for fifth place.

UCLA returns 15 positional starters from 2004 -- seven on of--
fense,eight on defense,plus its placekicker. All but one of
the projected offensive starters,offensive tackle Brian
Abraham,started at least one game last season. Free safety
and a cornerback spot are the only defensive positions not to
return a player who made at least one start a year ago.
Key losses from last season include RB Manuel White (second
on team in rushing,764 yds.),WR Craig Bragg (all-time re-
ceiving leader at UCLA,193 catches),WR Tab Perry (all-time
school leader in kickoff returns),OG Steven Vieira (43 career
starts),CB Matt Clark (first-team All-Pac-10),S Ben Emanuel
(39 career starts),P Chris Kluwe (Ray Guy Award finalist).

COACHING MOVES -- Thurmond Moore ,who comes to
UCLA from the University of Tulsa,will serve as the defen-
sive line coach. Moore,a graduate of San Jose State,joined
the Bruin staff for 2005 Spring practice. He has also been an
assistant coach at Buffalo,Syracuse,Colorado State,San
Jose State,North Texas,Utah State,Northern Arizona,Dela-
ware State,Wyoming,California and Cal State Sacramento.

BOWLING --The Bruins have qualified to play in a bowl in
seven of the last eight seasons. UCLA has played in 17 bowl
games in the last 24 years. UCLA is 10-6 in its last 16 bowl
game appearances. UCLA's 10 bowl wins in the last 23 years
rank No.1 in the Pac-10. Only Florida State,Tennessee,Penn
State,Alabama,Miami and Michigan have won more bowl
games in that span.

UCLA has more bowl wins (10)in the last 23 years than any
other school in the Pac-10 conference. In fact,only eight
schools (Florida State,Miami,Tennessee,Georgia,Michi-
gan,Auburn,Alabama,Penn State)have won more bowl
games than the Bruins in that span.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES --Only three quarterbacks in UCLA his-
tory have thrown for more than 20 scores in a season --25
Cade McNown-1998;24-Troy Aikman 1988;24-Cade
McNown-1997;21-Tom Ramsey -1982. In 2004,Drew Olson
threw 20 scoring passes to rank fifth on that UCLA list.

Despite missing almost the entire Washington State and USC
games and not playing at Oregon,Maurice Drew still ranked
17th in the nation and third in the Pac-10 in all-purpose yards
(146.0/g). He ranked third in the Pac-10 in rushing (91.5/g).

Spencer Havner's 17 tackles against Illinois were the most by
a Bruin since Robert Thomas made 18 at Washington State
in 2001. Havner made 125 tackles in 11 games in 2004,in-
cluding at least 13 in five games (16 vs.Oklahoma State,17
at Illinois,13 at Washington,14 vs.San Diego State,16 vs.
Stanford)and led the Pacific-10 Conference (11.36 per game).

Tight end Marcedes Lewis ,with seven touchdown catches in
2004,set a new UCLA record for most career scoring recep-
tions by a tight end (11),breaking Tim Wrightman's mark.
Maurice Drew ,with 1,007 yards,became the 10th Bruin to rush
for at least 1,000 yards in a season. It was the 17th time in
Bruin history that a back has had a 1,000-yard season.

By kicking field goals of 52 and 50 yards at Oregon,Justin
Medlock became the first Bruin to kick two field goals of at
least 50 yards in a game. He is the only Bruin ever to kick
three field goals of 50 or more yards in the same season.
Only John Lee has done it more times in his career (four).

In Drew Olson's last eight games,he completed 140 of 238
(.588)passes for 1,825 yards,16 TDs,eight interceptions.
Maurice Drew rushed for 322 yards and five touchdowns at
Washington on Sept. 18,2004,setting two UCLA records.

Only two players in Pac-10 history (Reuben Mayes of Wash-
ington St. and Ricky Bell of USC)ever rushed for more yards
in a single game. Drew's 384 all-purpose yards that after-
noon was the best mark in the country for the 2004 season.

In fact,he owned three of the top efforts in the nation with 384
vs.Washington,222 vs. San Diego State and 221 vs. Stanford.

Drew Olson's eight touchdown passes in two games (vs.Ari-
zona and California)tied the UCLA record for most TD passes
in a two-game span (Wayne Cook threw four against BYU
and four against Washington in 1993). The record for three
games is 11 (3 v.San Diego State-4-4)by Cook. Olson had
10 in a three-game span.

Maurice Drew averaged 40.63 yards on each of his eight rush-
ing touchdowns in 2004 (47,47,62,58,15,37,57,2)for 325
yards). He also had scoring receptions of 27,43 and three
yards and a punt return for 68 yards.

Marcedes Lewis ' 32 catches in `04 rank among the best by a
UCLA tight end since 1980.Only Mike Seidman,41 in 2002,
Charles Arbuckle,33 in 1989 and Paul Bergmann,44 in 1983
and 41 in 1982,have caught more balls in a season.

Drew Olson's 30 completions against Arizona State rank sec-
ond on UCLA's single-game list,trailing only Troy Aikman's
32 completions versus USC in 1988.His 44 attempts are
seventh (tied)on that list.His 325 yards passing that day at
Arizona State were a career-high total.

Justin Medlock's 52-yard field goal against Oklahoma State
was the longest by a Bruin since 1997 and tied for fourth-
longest in school history.His four field goals against San Di-
ego State were the most by a Bruin since Chris Sailer kicked
five against Stanford in 2002.

TEAM NOTES -- In the final five games of 2004,UCLA's de-
fense allowed a total of 11 touchdowns (six rushing and five
passing),after allowing 25 TDs in the first seven games.The
Bruins allowed just six rushing touchdowns in the last six
games and five passing touchdowns in the final five.

UCLA had 100 plays of at least 20 yards in the 2004 season,
including 21 for touchdowns.Of the 100 plays,44 were
passes,22 were runs,23 were kickoff returns,seven were
punt returns and four were interception returns.

UCLA had 24 plays of at least 40 yards in 2004 (10 passes,
seven runs,three interception returns,two punt returns and
two kickoff returns)and 15 of those were for touchdowns.

Twenty-six Bruin defensive players made either their first ca-
reer starts or saw their first varsity action during the 2004
season.Eleven made their first career starts on the defen-
sive side of the ball in the first three games of the season.
Over the balance of the year,four more would make their
initial defensive starts.In all,nine redshirt freshmen,six true
freshmen and three junior college transfers saw their first Di-
vision I action on defense in 2004.

UCLA averaged 5.97 yards per offensive play,its best since
1998 (6.81).Its average of 410.0 yards per game was its
highest since 1998 (487.25).It's scoring average of 30.1 was
also its best since 1998 (39.7).

UCLA's 21-0 shutout of Stanford on Oct.30 was its first since
defeating Northeast Louisiana 44-0 on Sept.14,1996.The
last time UCLA had blanked a Pac-10 opponent was in 1987
(49-0 at Stanford on Oct.3).The last time the Bruins shut out
a Pac-10 school at home was in 1985 (Oregon State,41-0
on Nov.16).

The six teams to which UCLA lost in 2004 had a record of 51-
21.Three of those teams had a combined record of 32-5.
The 2005 season will be UCLA's 24th in the Rose Bowl.Since
moving to Pasadena for the 1982 season,the Bruins are 93-
43-2 on their home field,8-4 under coach Dorrell.

UCLA's 424 yards rushing at Washington was its best effort
since November 17,1979,when it ran for 446 yards at Or-
egon in a 35-0 victory.

Chris Markey became the sixth true freshman to start a game in
2004 when he opened at tailback against Oregon.Strong
guard Shannon Tevaga became No.5 against Arizona State
and started the final six games of the year. Brandon Breazell
and Marcus Everett each started at wide receiver against San
Diego State.Everett also started the Arizona,Arizona State
and Wyoming games.Kenneth Lombard started the games
against Illinois and Washington at defensive tackle. Brigham
Harwell started four games (California,Arizona State,Stanford
and Washington State)at defensive end.